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I start it up again, and now my saves are gone.
What happened?

That's very odd. Perhaps your disk was full? Did you run the game from the zipfile? Perhaps the saves ended up in the wrong folder for some reason? Try running a search (there should be a search button in your START menu) for files named "agssave".

If one of the resident Linux gurus has the time to check this, I would like to know whether the instructions and package included in the zipfile for ATOTK are clear enough and sufficient. I don't have the Ubuntu to test it on myself.

http://crystalshard.net/atotk.php?page=down (the zip, not the windows .exe )

I'm guessing it has something to do with the scaling in AGS, and maybe it works better at the higher resolution, but I wouldn't know for sure.

That is correct - scaling is sharper on a higher resolution.

In 320x200, if a sprite is displayed full-size, every pixel of the sprite is on-screen. If a sprite is displayed half-size, only 1/4th of the pixels are displayed.
In 640x400, if a sprite is displayed full-size, every pixel of the sprite is displayed as a 2x2 block of pixels on-screen, which looks the same as in 320x200. If the sprite is half-sized, every pixel of the sprite is still visible, albeit not as a 2x2 block. Hope that made sense.

I'll be bringing my Venture Bros DVDs, to bring some of our American culture to Canada.

Huh? You guys have culture now? 

Hm, there's some Dutch "culture" that I'm sure I wouldn't get past the customs office. However, I can bring some DVDs.

A Tale of Two Kingdoms is a graphical adventure in the style of the classic Sierra games. Set in the world of Celtic mythology and fairy tales, it features many sidequests and alternate endings. This release is a Deluxe Edition with a new interactive prologue, several graphic updates, and professional voice acting.

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The ancient kingdom of Theylinn is beset by enemies. Within the castle walls, nobles vie for the old king's favor, and not everybody is happy with the sole heir to the throne, princess Rhiannon. Meanwhile, danger approaches, in the form of an invading army, a hostile giant, and a mercenary troop who are ancient enemies of the Theylann king...

Download from Steam, or Humble Bundle, or from Itch.io. The game is DRM-free.

TANSTAAFL.

A single panel member's opinion of a game's difficulty level would be more or less pointless

Yes, which is why I never suggested that in the first place. Like game length, the author could give an approximation.

And the point of such a rating anyway?

Obviously, to let people find the kind of game they like. Sometimes people want a quick 'n easy game. Sometimes people want a challenge. With the near-thousand games in the database, finding what you want is difficult enough already.

Too subjective, I would think. One man's moderate is another man's easy, and so forth.

That's not true at all. It is well known that Monkey Island 1 and Loom are pretty easy games, and that Spellbreaker is insanely difficult. And so forth. Besides, it'd be easy for the "rate this game" form to have a query on difficulty similar to the one on game length (i.e. "do you think this game is in the right category")

Oh speaking of ratings -- there was an old suggestion to also rate games by difficulty (easy/moderate/hard).

This just crossed my mind and I don't think it made it to this thread. I think it would be useful classification. Maybe the authors can do this themselves, like with long/moderate/short games.

take you to Yorkdale (not exactly representative of Toronto, but at least it's not the airport).  Then we'll just grab Radiant on the way out of town.

Say Radiant, I could give you a lift.

I'm fine with either. Sorry for arriving so late; the alternative was a plane trip that left really early morning the day Mittens ends.

I'm thinking booby traps.

Take a large log of wood, suspend it from the ceiling by means of some rope, then wire it to swing at the doorway when the door is opened. Add sharpened stakes to taste.

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Ok, so that wasn't serious go with the webcam instead.

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Ah, that would be a Useful Thread.

However, it seems to be intended for demos of 3-5 Mb (which my own site could handle without problems, if need me). I'm talking about 80 Mb...

Since this wasn't in the Useful Threads thread - can people recommend me a good hosting service for a ~80 Mb file? (specifically, an AGS game) Preferably one that's cheap or free.

Well, at least it's not as overdone as the Boston Mooninite Scare...

You can basically equip your PC with software entirely for free, if you know what you're doing. And I mean without downloading keygens, even.

Zonealarm. Go for it. Also, Sygate has a reasonable alternative, although ZA is better.

What time was your flight arriving Radiant?

By the looks of it, between 8 and 8:30 PM, in Toronto.

Dude, June was last month

Mr. Buckethead. He puts the head in bucket!

I'm trying to get in touch with the site staff of adventure-eu.com, or Dimitris Manos in particular. They do not seem to respond to forum messages or PMs at the moment; does anyone have other suggestions for reaching them, such as an e-mail address?

Try AGS, it's way better

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Ok, if you really must, try archive.org.

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